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{{Short description|Former mosque and sarai (resthouse) in Hyderabad, Telangana, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox religious building
| name = Shaikpet Mosque and Sarai
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| image = Shaikpet Sarai.jpg
| image_upright = 1.4
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| caption = The former mosque in 2020
| map_type = India Hyderabad
| map_size = 250
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| map_caption = Location of the former mosque and [[caravanserai]] in [[Hyderabad]]
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| religious_affiliation = [[Islam]] {{small|(former)}}
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| location = [[Golconda]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad District]], [[Telangana]]
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| country = [[India]]
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| functional_status = '''Abandoned''';<br/>(partial ruinous state)
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| architecture_style = [[Qutb Shahi architecture|Qutb Shahi]]
| founded_by = [[Abdullah Qutb Shah]]
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| year_completed = {{AH|1043|link=yes}}
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| inscriptions = Six; four [[Persian language|Persian]] verses
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The '''Shaikpet Mosque and Sarai''' is a former [[mosque]] and a [[Caravanserai|sarai]] (rest house) in a partial ruinous state, located near [[Golconda]] in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], in the [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad District]] of the state of [[Telangana]], India.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Sherwani |first=Haroon Khan |author-link=Haroon Khan Sherwani |title=History of The Qutb Shāhī Dynasty |date=1976 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers |pages=545–546}}</ref> The former mosque and serai are listed as a [[State Protected Monuments of India|state protected monument]].

== History ==
It was built by [[Abdullah Qutb Shah]] in {{AH|1043|link=yes}} for the benefit of various travellers to [[Golconda]] and was located on the way to [[Bidar]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://telanganatoday.com/shaikpet-sarai-ravaged-nature |title=Shaikpet sarai ravaged by nature |last=Varma |first=Dr. Anand Raj|work=Telangana Today |date= |access-date=2018-11-23 |language=en-US}}</ref> It is a heritage structure and, {{as of|2018|lc=on}}, was in need of restoration.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/crumbling-shaikpet-sarai-mosque-crave-attention/articleshow/61237347.cms |title=Crumbling Shaikpet Sarai & mosque crave attention |work=[[The Times of India]] |date= |access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Shaikpet-A-historic-locality-lost/articleshow/15410912.cms |title=Shaikpet: A historic locality lost |work=[[The Times of India]] |date= |access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref>

== Architecture ==
=== Mosque ===
The former mosque stands upon a rectangular plinth. The plinth measures {{convert|121|by|78|ft|m|order=flip}}, and has a height of {{convert|3|ft|m|order=flip}}. The mosque is constructed out of [[limestone]]. The [[façade]] has three arched entrances, each being about {{convert|15|ft|m|order=flip}} high and {{convert|10|ft|m|order=flip}} wide. Above the entrances is a band, approximately {{convert|3|ft|m|order=flip}} with, of blue, green, and yellow [[Porcelain tile|enameled tiles]], with white text. Most of the tiles have fallen off. The roof of the mosque is supported by three shallow domes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Yazdani |first=Ghulam |author-link=Ghulam Yazdani |url=https://ignca.gov.in/Asi_data/34785.pdf |title=Annual Report Of The Archaeological Department Of His Exalted Highness The Nizams Dominions, 1346 F. (1936-37 AC) |publisher=Baptist Mission Press |pages=2–3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Nayeem |first=M. A. |author-link=M. A. Nayeem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V48MAQAAMAAJ&q=shaikpet |title=The Heritage of the Qutb Shahis of Golconda and Hyderabad |date=2006 |publisher=Hyderabad Publishers |isbn=978-81-85492-23-0 |language=en}}</ref>

There are traces of enameled tile-work in the interior of the mosque. The western wall contains six panels of inscriptions, carved in black [[basalt]]. Four of these contain [[Persian language|Persian]] verses, one contains an excerpt from the Quran, and the final panel records the date of its construction as {{AH|1043}}.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

== Sarai ==
The sarai had 30 rooms, stables for horses and camels, and a tomb of an unknown [[Sufi saint]]. It could accommodate 500 people.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Shaikpet Mosque.png|Shaikpet Mosque
Mosque and sarai in Shaikpet (1).jpg|Shaikpet mosque and Sarai
</gallery>

== See also ==
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* [[Islam in India]]
* [[List of mosques in Telangana]]
* [[Nampally Sarai]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category-inline|Shaikpet Mosque and Sarai}}

{{Mosques in India}}
{{Qutb Shahi monuments}}

[[Category:17th-century mosques in India]]
[[Category:Caravanserais in India]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in India]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in India]]
[[Category:Mosques completed in the 1630s]]
[[Category:Mosque ruins in India]]
[[Category:Mosques in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Qutb Shahi architecture]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1634]]

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